The Old School Great Depression-Era Sandwich That Still Holds Up Today - Chowhound

luaa_sharma/Shutterstock From 1929 to 1939, during the depths of the Great Depression in the United States, when wallets were light and spirits lighter, a food marvel rose from the ashes of austerity: the banana sandwich. Just two slices of white bread, a ripe banana, and a swipe of something to hold it together (usually mayonnaise or peanut butter, depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line you were born…